Light and Dark World Chapter 2: Duel in Dark World
I awoke with a start, the crooked stick shaped Tool still in my hand, I must have fallen asleep while editing my Grimoire.
Taking into account my racing heart, I must have had a Nightmare, but why can't I remember it, and especially what could have scared me so badly?
I took a look out the window, the sky was almost white, meaning it was mid-day. When did I fall asleep?!
I took a look at my clock, the twisted arrow pointed directly at the 12, if I slept for about 10 hours due to staying awake too long, that means I was awake until 2:00 in the morning! What was I thinking?!
"Ugh… I still have… about four and a half days left, this won't impede me!" I said to myself, despite still feeling ashamed of myself for doing something so foolish, and moved to prepare for the day, maybe finding a place to test my newly constructed Grimoire's consistency.
After Finishing my daily preparations, I took my Grimoire, Holding Rune Stone, and Invoking Rune Stone, which allow Dark Worlders to draw out and use the power within the Grimoire.
I took a moment to see where I could go to do some testing, immediate options were… to put it bluntly, bad. There was an Abandoned Building, but anybody worth their occupation knew not to go there, next was a cave some distance from town, but I recall some beasts live there, so that was out… But, looking past the Cave, I saw a hill, and there was a rock formation to hide me and my testing from view, It was perfect!
The Rock Formation looked like a dome in ruins, but it also looked as if wouldn't crumble easily. It just gave me another reason as to why it was perfect.
Wasting no time, I quickly made It to the Hill and made sure my Grimoire and Rune Stones were properly linked I was about to start testing when I noticed a movement in the shadows nearby. Then, I did something stupid, especially since an Assassin should never do this if they feel threatened by an unknown presence.
"Who's There?" I said into the darkness in the direction of the movement, and whoever was hiding seized up, I assume they thought I didn't see them, and after a moment, they slowly moved into view, they weren't too notable aside from having slightly dark gray skin instead of the normal pale purple.
"Well, it looks like the predator was caught by the prey, How Ironic." Said the man, his voice deep and calm, unnerving me slightly. I didn't see a grimoire on him, so he was unarmed, but I quickly noticed his features were… Hazy, unclear, undefined, and obscured.
Gathering my nerve again, I responded. "I think you'll find the Prey was indeed the one caught, but the Predator just wasn't expecting to see it." I said, using some new straps i put together to bind the two Rune Stones to my hands, prepared if he decided to attack.
He chuckled, it echoed around the domes ruins, and pointed at my Grimoire. "Clearly you were expecting someone, But that doesn't matter. I'm here to take you down and claim your Grimoire, with you gone, I'll rise in ranks faster than any as the Ultimate Soldier." Said the man, as his palms started to Glow with the Holding and Invoking Runes.
Runes can be branded onto someone's hands when they achieve a high rank, the earliest is when Serving Sillva, but at that rank you're already considered powerful and fearsome, why would he try to take a Grimoire from someone beneath him?
"Well, You clearly don't know who I am, but if you think I'm gonna die out here to you, you're already dead in the brain." I said, willing my Rune Stones to activate, knowing a Clash was about to happen. Aside from stated differences, Clashes are about the same as Dueling, except your Life Points are actually connected to your Life Force in serious Clashes.
He took a step back, and grinned. "You obviously don't know who i am either…" As he said that, Grimoire Spell Runes illuminated all over his Body, and I immediately realized why he didn't need a Grimoire, though it's Unheard of, he WAS his Grimoire, and that honestly scared me.
After getting over the Initial shock, I prepared myself. "Alright, no more prattle, it's time for a…"
In unison, we said...
"Clash!"
Bleau: 4000 [6]
?: 4000 [5]
"I'll start off the mayhem." I said as the spells exited the Grimoire gathered in the Holding Rune, which acted as my Hand. "Not too shabby… not at all, I'll place this monster face-down and end my turn." One of the Spells left the Holding Rune, passed through the Invoking Rune, and manifested as a formless shadow, with only some white eyes visible.
Bleau: [5]
?: [6]
"Then let's move on to getting rid of you, I summon Fiends Sword!" The spell manifested into a floating blade.
1400/800
Monsters Dark Worlders summon are either of their own creation or copies of already existing being, It's an interesting choice with what you choose to do.
"Fiends sword, get rid of that face-down!" The sword flew at my Monster, revealing it to be Scarr, scout of Dark World.
500/500
Scarrs runes scattered, going to the back of the Grimoire, or Graveyard.
"Scarrs, effect activates, allowing me to add one Dark World monster from my Grimoire to my Hand." My Grimoire opened, a Spell entered my Hand, and then closed. "I choose Ceruli, Guru of Dark World."
He narrowed his barely visible eyes as he recognized the Dark World series of cards. "I'll set two face-downs and end." Two sets of runes manifested as crystals behind the Fiends Sword.
Bleau: [6]
?: [3]
"I draw." A spell entered my hand. "I play Dark World Dealings, we now both draw, and then discard."
The Man and i Did so, but a light erupted from the grave in my Grimoire when I did so, catching the Man off-guard. "What the-?!" exclaimed the man
"The effect of Goldd, Wu-Lord of Dark World now activates, When he's discarded by a card effect, I can choose two targets you control, revive Goldd, and then destroy what I chose, I choose the two Crystals you Set!"
Goldd, rose from a cloud of darkness, his gargantuan form almost reaching the top of the dome and covered in shining, Golden armor and brought his colossal axe down, shattering the Crystals, revealing them to be the Traps Mirror Force and Justi-break, much to the mans Dismay, and my immense satisfaction.
2300/1400
"I'm not done yet! I summon Zure, Knight of Dark World!" Zure appeared from a black vortex, his blade in hand. "Now for Battle, Zure, break that Fiends Sword!" Zure rushed forward, and swung his blade, for a moment, the Fiends Sword resisted, but quickly broke in two, some shards from the break hit the man as his Life Points lowered.
"Grrh…"
?: 3800
"If you thought you were safe, think again, Goldd, Direct attack! Tyrant Axe!" Goldd brought his Axe down, the impact caused the Man to be flung into the wall as he lost a great deal of Life.
?: 1500
"I end with a facedown, do try to survive, this is pathetic so far." The facedown crystallized.
Bleau: 4000 [5]
?: 1500 [3]
"I… d-draw..." said the man as he struggled to his feet.
"I play… Ancient Rules!" an old worn scripture formed in front of him. "I can now call upon a Level 5 or higher monster as long as they don't have an effect! Rise! Summoned Skull!" A giant behemoth of Fiend covered in bone rose, electricity sparking across it and striking the sides of the dome.
2500/1200
"And now I imbue it with the power of the Axe of Despair!" Runes manifest in the Summoned Skulls claws as a great Gnarled Axe. "Increasing it's ATK by 1000!"
2500 + 1000 = 3500
?: [0]
"Now, Summoned Skull, strike down Goldd!" *Electricity crackled all over the Summoned Skull and its Axe as it raised the mighty blade, ready to Cut down Goldd, however…"
"I activate Rising Energy!" The Crystal holding my Trap bursted Open. "By discarding from my hand, Goldd will gain 1500 ATK! So I discard Gren, Tactician of Dark World!" Goldd began to glow with a harsh Red aura.
2300 + 1500 = 3800.
"Now Grens effect activates! When discarded by a Card Effect, he can destroy a Spell or Trap on the Field, I choose Axe of Despair!" The Axe flickered and Shattered, robbing Summoned Skull of It's power.
3500 - 1000 = 2500
While the Summoned Skull was recovering from suddenly losing its Axe, Goldd slammed his own Great Axe into the Summoned Skull, Shattering the Monster and Blasting the Man onto his back.
?: 200
The expression on his face was Pure dismay, I heard him say in a weak voice "I… end…. My turn…"
"I draw." I didn't even acknowledge the Spell I acquired and instead turned to Goldd. "Goldd, end it."
Goldd drew back his Axe and brought it down, the man didn't even say anything as it ended.
?: 0
Bleau: 4000
Bleau Wins!
"That, was pathetic." I said as the Spells returned to the respective Grimoires, and walked over to the man, or as I Should say, where he was. The Man's Body was in the process of evaporating into Runes.
Then it made sense.
He was a Shade, an artificial being sent out to do tasks, considering how bad he was, It can be assumed that he was sent here to test me, nothing more, and that unnerved me.
I stayed for a moment, watching as the Shade completely evaporated, leaving behind a Grimoire and Two Rune Stones, the ones he used in the Clash, I collected the Grimoire and broke the Stones. After ensuring the Shade Spell was gone from the Grimoire and No Curses were on the Grimoire, I resolved to take it with me for anything I could use.
Since the test was satisfactory, I left the Dome and headed home to check it for any further adjustments I could make, making sure I wasn't followed as I went. I don't know WHO sent that shade after me, but they either wanted me gone and failed miserably, or wanted to scout out what I can do.
No matter what the reason, they Didn't get to see much of my power, and so they don't know what I can really do.
I walked into my home, somewhat tired from the fight, And went to my desk to examine the Grimoire. There were actually some Good spells in here, So it can be assumed the Shade just had horrible luck. I extracted any Spells that could be of use and then checked the sky, it was Dark Gray, time flew by in that Clash.
I closed the Grimoire I obtained and my own after making Adjustments, then decided to take a trip to the Market before it closed for the Day and then returned home to rest for the remainder of the day. "I should find a better place to test the consistency tomorrow, it would be unwise to go back to that Dome." I said to myself as I turned to the window to close it.
Soon, night falls and I need to Sleep, these new spells, traps, and Summons should be help me greatly, bit that will be found out tomorrow, for now, It's time to rest, and hopefully, tomorrow i can find a better Area to test in...
A/N: And THAT is the end of Chapter 2, I forgot to include an Author's note Last time, I still don't know how to make an Official one, So I'm doing it this way for now.
As you can tell, Duels in Dark World will be very different compared to how Duels work normally, and since this is a tale of my own design, it's lore won't be the same as how GX portrayed Dark World in GX. I don't plan to do this for very long since it can be confusing, but please bear with me for now. Will be answered in the next Author's Note.